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[AmArIe]

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just posted in the newspaper this morning San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in Puerto Rico lost its accreditation and Ponce School of Medicine is on probation .

Link to article in spanish HERE

 

[Morsetlis]

¡No me digas eso!

 

[fletchffletch]

http://www.lcme.org/sjb3oct2011letter.pdf

 

[WisdomDoc]

Thats not good.

 

[Whatyousay]

Oh wow.

When is the last time that a school has lost LCME accreditation?

 

[Morsetlis]

Refer to this thread: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=861262

Last one that fell was Oral Roberts. I think they lost accreditation (and ran out of money / closed) just shortly after y'all were born (1989) 😉

 

[gmcguitar4]

omg that is terrible for the students that are currently attending there. So 4th year medical students this year are screwed?? What about MS1,2,3? Can they transfer out?

 

[zma21]

Xavier University School of Medicine does not require MCATs.

Yikes...

 

[Brachyury]

omg that is terrible for the students that are currently attending there. So 4th year medical students this year are screwed?? What about MS1,2,3? Can they transfer out?

They are NOT screwed: LCME's policy is that if anything happens to a school, they will make sure that other LCME schools absorb the students. For example, if a west coast school were destroyed by an earthquake, LCME would make sure the students are placed into exisitng LCME schools. If a school becomes financially insolvent, LCME will make sure the students are placed into other LCME schools.

 

[kautionwirez]

just posted in the newspaper this morning San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in Puerto Rico lost its accreditation and Ponce School of Medicine is on probation .

Link to article in spanish HERE

Ouch.

They are NOT screwed: LCME's policy is that if anything happens to a school, they will make sure that other LCME schools absorb the students. For example, if a west coast school were destroyed by an earthquake, LCME would make sure the students are placed into exisitng LCME schools. If a school becomes financially insolvent, LCME will make sure the students are placed into other LCME schools.

That's reassuring.

 

[link2swim06]

They are NOT screwed: LCME's policy is that if anything happens to a school, they will make sure that other LCME schools absorb the students. For example, if a west coast school were destroyed by an earthquake, LCME would make sure the students are placed into exisitng LCME schools. If a school becomes financially insolvent, LCME will make sure the students are placed into other LCME schools.

Its not the LCME's policy, they just tell the AAMC, and then the AAMC try to make it work out for students and get them placed into new schools fyi.

There are no guarantees though.

 

[Freigeist]

Its not the LCME's policy, they just tell the AAMC, and then the AAMC try to make it work out for students and get them placed into new schools fyi.

There are no guarantees though.

This topic came up at an interview today. My interviewer said "If school X was bombed for some reason, the [unharmed] med students would be absorbed by other schools. The government invests so much in physician education that they can't afford to lose students; you only pay about 20% of the cost of physician training through your medical school tuition and the country ensures its investment is not lost if a medical school goes under"

 

[link2swim06]

This topic came up at an interview today. My interviewer said "If school X was bombed for some reason, the [unharmed] med students would be absorbed by other schools. The government invests so much in physician education that they can't afford to lose students; you only pay about 20% of the cost of physician training through your medical school tuition and the country ensures its investment is not lost if a medical school goes under"

I doubt its only 20% of the school cost, alot of med schools do things unrelated to your education which they need financing for, i.e. research buildings, community outreach, etc. Actually I know I pay more than 20% of my "cost of education."

Furthermore the problem with other school absorbing students is states have budgeted a certain amount for most schools. Just because a school in Puerto Rico closed means means the state funds would transfer to a new school. Paying for these students education in a different state would be interesting.

 

[kduck]

Refer to this thread: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=861262

Last one that fell was Oral Roberts. I think they lost accreditation (and ran out of money / closed) just shortly after y'all were born (1989) 😉

... or shortly before we were born? 😉

 

[kautionwirez]

Refer to this thread: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=861262

Last one that fell was Oral Roberts. I think they lost accreditation (and ran out of money / closed) just shortly after y'all were born (1989) 😉

I shadowed a pathologist from Oral Roberts. What a baller!

And that's when I experienced the 1989 earthquake in SF when I was 2.